物語✦ her story
異世界✦ another world
Far past the edge of the human world there is a realm most people will never hear about, and Ruru was born there with more magic than she knew what to do with. The path was decided early: she would grow into one of her realm's greatest protectors, and she would keep her home safe from anything that came for it.
She loved that home. She loved the people in it. She just could not stop wondering what was out there. What human life actually felt like, what it was like to try something new, and what it was like to choose any of it herself instead of walking a path someone else had already drawn.
Curiosity won. One day Ruru slipped out of her realm without telling anyone and made her way into the human world.
姫✦ this world
She wanted to fit in, so she started cosplaying: costumes and performances built out of her own creativity and, when nobody was looking, a little bit of real magic. Between the charm and the slightly unusual appearance, people noticed fast, and she became a well known cosplayer.
Being watched on a stage was not the same as being known, so she started streaming: games, stories, and hours of just hanging out with the people who kept showing up. They know her as a cosplayer and a streamer who is very bad at ranked. Not one of them knows she is still a magical fox girl from another realm, and she intends to keep it that way. She finally gets to live the life she picked.
Out of character, and much more briefly: hello, I'm Ruru. I am a litol gremlin who is bad at video games but loves to play them anyway. I also occasionally cosplay.
Most nights that means Overwatch or League of Legends, where I insist the loss was a team effort. Other nights it is Stardew Valley and the slow, deeply serious business of farming. And then sometimes it is horror, which is really just an excuse for everyone in chat to watch me panic.
The stream is small and cozy on purpose. Chat talks to me, I talk back, and nobody has to be good at anything.